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Official discusses interest rate increases, negative rates and the dollar

James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, spoke to WSJ Federal Reserve reporter Harriet Torry in Jackson Hole about the pending decision to raise interest rates and how the United States economy has weathered global risk over the past year.

Updated Aug. 27, 2016 4:07 p.m. ET

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard met with Wall Street Journal reporters Jon Hilsenrath and Harriet Torry on Saturday, Aug. 27, on the sidelines of the Kansas City Fed’s research conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo. He discussed Fed rate increases, negative interest rates and the dollar, among other things. Here is a transcript of the interview, lightly edited for clarity and length.